ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2021
Mild COVID-19 despite autoantibodies against type I IFNs in autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1.
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 101 citations in OpenAlex.
- Autoantibodies against type I interferons in COVID-19 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2023Pooled it
- COVID-19-related health outcomes in people with primary immunodeficiency: A systematic review.Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) · 2022Pooled it
- SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein-Directed Monoclonal Antibodies May Ameliorate COVID-19 Complications in APECED Patients.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Trial
- High prevalence of autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs in Japanese patients with hepatitis C.Journal of human immunity · 2026Article
- Autoantibodies neutralizing type I interferons in COVID-19 patients from southern Brazil.Journal of human immunity · 2026Article
- Clinical, genetic, and immunologic features of APS-1 patients from the Middle East, and a review of the literature.Journal of human immunity · 2026Article
- High-Affinity Human Germline and Mutated Autoantibodies Commonly Cross-React to Self-Antigens in 5 Subgroups of Autoimmune Encephalitis.Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation · 2026Article
- Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs in patients with fulminant herpes simplex virus hepatitis.The Journal of experimental medicine · 2026Article
- Type I IFN autoantibodies underlie chikungunya live-attenuated vaccine encephalitis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Auto-Abs against type I IFNs: Strong, common, and global determinants of severe arboviral diseases.Journal of human immunity · 2026Review
- Auto-antibodies neutralizing type I interferons in ~10% of Moroccan patients with life-threatening COVID-19.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- The seven enigmas of SARS-CoV-2: from the past to the future.Journal of human immunity · 2025Article
- Detection of autoantibodies against Interferon Type I in patients with autochthonous West Nile Virus encephalitis.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2025Article
- Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies lack neutralising autoantibodies to type- I, II and III interferons.RMD open · 2025Observational
- Distinct circulating autoantibodies are associated with COVID-19 hospitalization and SARS-CoV-2 neutralization activity.Npj viruses · 2025Article
- Prevalence and association of type I IFN autoantibodies with clinical outcomes in critically ill Brazilian COVID-19 patients.Journal of human immunity · 2025Article
- Human genetic and immunological determinants of SARS-CoV-2 infection and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2025Review
- Aire Mutations and Autoimmune Diseases.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025Review
- Auto-Abs neutralizing type I IFNs in patients with severe Powassan, Usutu, or Ross River virus disease.The Journal of experimental medicine · 2024Article
- Transient anti-interferon autoantibodies in the airways are associated with recovery from COVID-19.Science translational medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Autoantibodies against IFN-α and IFN-ω (type I IFNs) were recently reported as causative for severe COVID-19 in the general population. Autoantibodies against IFN-α and IFN-ω are present in almost all patients with autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 (APS-1) caused by biallelic deleterious or heterozygous dominant mutations in AIRE. We therefore hypothesized that autoantibodies against type I IFNs also predispose patients with APS-1 to severe COVID-19. We prospectively studied 6 patients with APS-1 between April 1, 2020 and April 1, 2021. Biobanked pre-COVID-19 sera of APS-1 subjects were tested for neutralizing autoantibodies against IFN-α and IFN-ω. The ability of the patients' sera to block recombinant human IFN-α and IFN-ω was assessed by assays quantifying phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1) as well as infection-based IFN-neutralization assays. We describe 4 patients with APS-1 and preexisting high titers of neutralizing autoantibodies against IFN-α and IFN-ω who contracted SARS-CoV-2, yet developed only mild symptoms of COVID-19. None of the patients developed dyspnea, oxygen requirement, or high temperature. All infected patients with APS-1 were females and younger than 26 years of age. Clinical penetrance of neutralizing autoantibodies against type I IFNs for severe COVID-19 is not complete.
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